TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic self-regulation and coregulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in mother–child and father–child interactions
T2 - Moderating effects of proximal and distal stressors
AU - Li, Longfeng
AU - Lunkenheimer, Erika
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Child Development © 2024 Society for Research in Child Development.
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - This study examined how proximal and distal familial stressors influenced the real-time, dynamic individual and dyadic regulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) in mother–preschooler and father–preschooler interactions in at-risk families (N = 94, Mage = 3.03 years, 47% males, 77% White, 20% Latinx, data collected 2013–2017). Proximal stressors were operationalized as changing task demands (baseline, challenge, recovery) across a dyadic puzzle task. Distal stressors were measured as parent-reported stressful life events. Multilevel models revealed that greater proximal and distal stressors were related to weaker dynamic self-regulation of RSA in mothers, fathers, and children, and more discordant mother–child and father–child coregulation of RSA. Findings affirm that stress is transmitted across levels and persons to compromise real-time regulatory functioning in early, developmentally formative caregiver–child interactions.
AB - This study examined how proximal and distal familial stressors influenced the real-time, dynamic individual and dyadic regulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) in mother–preschooler and father–preschooler interactions in at-risk families (N = 94, Mage = 3.03 years, 47% males, 77% White, 20% Latinx, data collected 2013–2017). Proximal stressors were operationalized as changing task demands (baseline, challenge, recovery) across a dyadic puzzle task. Distal stressors were measured as parent-reported stressful life events. Multilevel models revealed that greater proximal and distal stressors were related to weaker dynamic self-regulation of RSA in mothers, fathers, and children, and more discordant mother–child and father–child coregulation of RSA. Findings affirm that stress is transmitted across levels and persons to compromise real-time regulatory functioning in early, developmentally formative caregiver–child interactions.
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U2 - 10.1111/cdev.14153
DO - 10.1111/cdev.14153
M3 - Article
C2 - 39149822
AN - SCOPUS:85201291308
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 96
SP - 71
EP - 86
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 1
ER -